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Monday June 25th, 2012

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sneak peek best of: canadian homes

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I am so excited to head to Toronto this week (my first time!) and participate in the Explore Canada Like a Local blogger campaign. I will be touring the city, seeing, shopping and dining at some of the best locations Toronto has to offer. (You can follow my journey right here.) We’ve featured so many incredible Canadian…

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Friday June 8th, 2012

Monday May 21st, 2012

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sneak peek best of: floral

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Each year, about the time when all the spring flowers are blooming, I wish for my own little garden where I would grow garden roses, hydrangeas and lavender. Of course, I’ve spent my entire adult life in an apartment, so the thought that I could actually grow anything is pretty far fetched. Perhaps an easier…

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Monday April 30th, 2012

Thursday April 5th, 2012

Wednesday April 4th, 2012

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diy best of: floral projects

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I can’t even tell you how excited I am for spring. I know this hasn’t been a bad winter, but honestly, it isn’t the cold that bothers me. It’s the lack of sunlight. And now that sunset is officially at 7:25 pm, I’m feeling a lot happier. Of course, my happiness might also be due…

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Thursday March 8th, 2012

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DIY best of: outdoors

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Here in the Bay Area, we eagerly await the last month of summer. Believe it or not, it usually brings the first hot and sunny days of the season. I’ve rounded up our best outdoor DIY projects with the hope that everyone who’s lucky enough to get outside will be inspired to try out a…

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Wednesday March 7th, 2012

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diy best of: rope projects

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Rope is one of our current obsessions, but it’s also one of those items that will never leave my love list. It’s just a fantastic material, one of humanity’s greatest inventions. Rope owes all of its strength, durability and beauty to its structure. One simple knot can look as beautiful and graceful as many intricate…

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Monday March 5th, 2012

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sneak peek: best of guitars

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I love pulling themes from our Sneak Peek archives; it’s fun seeing how people creatively respond to different problems. One of my recent favorites was our best of bikes, and after looking through hundreds of homes, I realized we had a lot of musical home dwellers. Everyone seems to have a guitar propped in the corner…

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Wednesday February 22nd, 2012

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DIY Best Of: Cozy Textiles

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Brrrr . . . it’s been beautifully sunny in Brooklyn lately, but still a bit too chilly for my West Coast sensibilities. I’ve scoured our archives and pulled our best cozy textile DIY projects this morning in the hopes that they will warm me up. One thing I love about winter is the prevalence of…

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Monday February 13th, 2012

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sneak peek: best of navy

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In honor of this month’s navy theme on the new Design*Sponge Pinterest page, I was inspired to go through the Sneak Peek archives and hunt for navy in homes. I tried hard to stick to navy and not get distracted by teal or cornflower, and there was a lot of turquoise that didn’t make the…

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Wednesday February 8th, 2012

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diy best of: map projects

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I love maps, and the older the better. I absolutely adore giving reproduction maps from the New York Public Library. It’s seriously my favorite gift for nearly any occasion. Moved to a neighborhood in Brooklyn? A reproduction fire insurance map. Just got married? A map of your honeymoon location. I can come up with plenty of…

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Sunday January 22nd, 2012

Saturday January 21st, 2012

Friday January 20th, 2012

Thursday January 19th, 2012

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sneak peek: best of patterned floors

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I’ve always had a thing for patterned floors. I think they remind me of my travels and how different patterns can have different meanings. It’s fun to think of the floor as an accessory that helps to bring furniture alive. We’ve seen a wide range of floors in the sneak peeks, but today’s Best Of…

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Wednesday January 18th, 2012

Wednesday November 30th, 2011

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diy best of: handmade gifts

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Grace’s shopping-free gift guide really resonated with me, and I felt a surge of excitement at the prospect of actually following through on making all my gifts this year. I think handmade gifts have the potential to be loved and cherished far longer than any store-bought present. This is not to say that everyone wants…

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Monday November 21st, 2011

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sneak peek: best of purple

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In going through the 500+ sneak peeks we’ve featured, I must admit that I was surprised by how little purple was represented in homes, particularly given its calm and welcoming effect. As far as I’m concerned, if you’re looking to do something different with your home, purple could become the next big thing. Here are…

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Monday November 14th, 2011

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sneak peek: best of backsplashes

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My own kitchen backsplash is an ugly brown tile that looks like something left over from the 1970s. I do my best to cover it up with my cutting boards and try to forget it’s there. I’ve always dreamed of a simple kitchen with a little extra kick in the backsplash area (growing up, my mother…

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